An innocent girl goes to spend the weekend on an island with a woman and her brother, but soon finds herself entangled in a web of sexual experiments.An innocent girl goes to spend the weekend on an island with a woman and her brother, but soon finds herself entangled in a web of sexual experiments.An innocent girl goes to spend the weekend on an island with a woman and her brother, but soon finds herself entangled in a web of sexual experiments.
María Luisa Ponte
- Madame Mistival
- (as Ingrid Swenson)
Anney Kablan
- Augustin
- (as Kaplan)
Jesús Franco
- Man on red ritual scene
- (uncredited)
Herbert Fux
- Hardin
- (uncredited)
Colette Jack
- Colette
- (uncredited)
Nino Korda
- Roches
- (uncredited)
Kathy Lagarde
- Maid
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Harry Alan Towers
- Marquis de Sade(uncredited)
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- TriviaSir Christopher Lee claims he had no idea this was softcore porn until he actually saw the movie. Various of his scenes were shot, and then edited in with the sex scenes later and during the opening sequence, he was unaware there was a nude woman on the altar behind him, because drapery was swirled over her as soon as the camera stopped rolling and he'd turn around.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Perversion Stories (2002)
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Worth a look, if not high praise
It is not difficult to understand why this languorous Franco ero-drama caused quite the controversy when released in 1970. It is sexually frank and throws in incest, lesbianism and interracial kissing with gleeful abandon.
Today, it seems very tame from a graphic point of view, but its sexual politics are way ahead of the ultra-conservative (sexual) climate the film industry currently operates in.
This is not an el cheapo Franco flutter shot on a castle set with bad lighting and hit-and-miss focus. It is beautifully shot by Manuel Merino and, as always, Bruno Nicolai delivers a rich, evocative score.
Eugenie's "journey" into perversion encompasses light lesbianism, a little rough intercourse and some soft whipping of her tender breasts. She emerges more lost and confused than liberated and ends up wandering nude for several minutes on an island; this sequence, the film's strongest, is quite surreal.
Marie Liljedahl, who plays Eugenie, is not Soledad Miranda, and is quite bland in her leading lady role.
Jack Taylor is suitably oily as Maria Rohm's lust-filled brother and Rohm makes the most of her role as Eugene's corrupter.
I like EUGENIE DE SADE quite a bit more than this and find it far more erotic, but this is worth a look, if not high praise.
Today, it seems very tame from a graphic point of view, but its sexual politics are way ahead of the ultra-conservative (sexual) climate the film industry currently operates in.
This is not an el cheapo Franco flutter shot on a castle set with bad lighting and hit-and-miss focus. It is beautifully shot by Manuel Merino and, as always, Bruno Nicolai delivers a rich, evocative score.
Eugenie's "journey" into perversion encompasses light lesbianism, a little rough intercourse and some soft whipping of her tender breasts. She emerges more lost and confused than liberated and ends up wandering nude for several minutes on an island; this sequence, the film's strongest, is quite surreal.
Marie Liljedahl, who plays Eugenie, is not Soledad Miranda, and is quite bland in her leading lady role.
Jack Taylor is suitably oily as Maria Rohm's lust-filled brother and Rohm makes the most of her role as Eugene's corrupter.
I like EUGENIE DE SADE quite a bit more than this and find it far more erotic, but this is worth a look, if not high praise.
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- Jul 18, 2005
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- Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
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- Gross US & Canada
- $83,500
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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